Bug 184786

Summary:	New ebuild for Falling Angel GDM theme (legalized)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sybren Harmsma <cpwins>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	cpwins, hoffbrinkle, marduk, Werner.Peter
Priority:	Lowest	Keywords:	EBUILD
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	gdm-theme-falling-angel-0.1.0.ebuild gdm-theme-falling-angel-0.1.0.ebuild

Description Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-09 23:02:52 UTC

x11-themes/gdm-themes has been masked for several reasons, one of them legal issues. I have created a new ebuild for the Falling Angel theme, which does not include copyrighted material, but instead directs the user to manually download it from the authors website.

This way gentoo users can continue to use this pretty GDM theme!


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-09 23:04:11 UTC

Created attachment 124380 [details]
gdm-theme-falling-angel-0.1.0.ebuild

Comment 2 Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-09 23:05:43 UTC

See also bug #167379.

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-09 23:16:34 UTC

We are not adding dummy ebuilds to the tree.

Comment 4 Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-10 10:42:57 UTC

It's not dummy, it does download the XML and .desktop files, and some icons. I could automate the retrieval of the image file, if thats what you want.

In short: how to adjust the ebuild to make it acceptable? What criteria do you use?

Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-10 10:53:14 UTC

Comment on attachment 124380 [details]
gdm-theme-falling-angel-0.1.0.ebuild

Don't unpack in src_install, and have a look other theme ebuilds on how to handle install.

Comment 6 Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-10 13:48:55 UTC

Created attachment 124420 [details]
gdm-theme-falling-angel-0.1.0.ebuild

I changed the ebuild as requested. I hope it's OK now, else please let me know how to improve it.

Comment 7 Sybren Harmsma 2007-07-10 13:50:01 UTC

updated ebuild

Comment 8 Arthur Hagen 2007-08-09 21:25:03 UTC

luisroyofantasy.com does not belong to the artist, and the person running it even states so on the front page.  This doesn't make things more legal.

(The artist's web site is luisroyo.com -- good luck in obtaining permission to redistribute or link to it)

Comment 9 Sybren Harmsma 2007-08-20 18:08:39 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> luisroyofantasy.com does not belong to the artist, and the person running it
> even states so on the front page.  This doesn't make things more legal.

The difference is, is that we are not distributing any copyrighted work ourselves. (Except for the thumbnail, which is really tiny and shouldn't be a problem.) However, we (Gentoo) should consider whether or not the above solution is acceptable. Probably Gentoo has a policy about these kind of situations. Anyone?

Comment 10 Sybren Harmsma 2009-11-04 22:42:48 UTC

(In reply to comment #9)
> Anyone?

Anyone at all? It's been two years.

Comment 11 Albert W. Hopkins 2011-07-23 11:07:41 UTC

I propoose this bug be closed for the following reasons:

* The theme itself hasn't been updated in years
* The ebuild is not compliant with the latest EAPIs
* It won't work with the upcoming GNOME3
* executioner92.free.fr doesn't appear to exist anymore
* No one seems to care